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Emma [1996]
from ITV DVD
starring Kate Beckinsale, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Bernard Hepton, Samantha Bond
directed by Diarmuid Lawrence

Features:

• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Most pleasantly surprised!
  Yes, this does indeed make the other version look paltry.
  I love all the performances, but Mark Strong's Mr. Knightly, and Prunella Scale's Mrs. Bates are particularly fine. A beautifully and subtly made adaptation.

• Perfectly Cast!
  I am a fan of the Gweneth Paltrow version, however this adaptation exceeds it in many ways. Faithful to the book and the cast is excellent!! Much more believeable & more emotive, this would have to rate as my favourite Emma adaptation!

• Good but not great, too much head, not enough heart
  I purchased the 2006 BBC Jane Eyre last summer, based in no small part on its reviews in Amazon, and I was so pleased that I thought I would try again with other adaptations of classic books I have read and enjoyed. This Emma came with 5 stars (I later realized that only 5 people had reviewed it at the time), so I bought it.
  Obviously, I was a bit disappointed.
  To be fair, this production has a lot to recommend it. The costumes, hair stlyes and manerisms are all true to period. The story line,... more info

• Must have.
  I own both this and the Paltrow version & have also watched the nasty 1972 Doran Godwin version, but I must say I much prefer this one. I feel Beckenslade portrays Emma very well & it does have a more 'English' feel about it. The Paltrow one has the more sumptuous Hollywood feel, but nice in it's own way. I only own the Paltrow version for the gorgeous Mr Knightly. However if you were to have only 1 version then the Beckenslade one is the one to own.

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